Today, my art teacher showed off a painting of his name he got in Japan. I can read Japanese, and it actually says "Old idiot". I really don't want to break it to him. FML
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Today, I found out that the nickname my friend has been calling me in Japanese for the past year is the word for "Idiot". FML
Today, I brought my best painting yet to college. I showed it off and everyone loved it. Or almost everyone. When we came back from lunch break, we found someone had sharpied the words "JIZZ BUTT" all over it. That painting took two weeks to finish. FML
Today, my grandpa saw one of the paintings in the guest room at my house. "What the fuck?" he snorted, then said whoever painted it should "stick to their damn day job". I painted it. FML
Today, I had to make a poster for social studies. I decided to write "Nice ass" in hieroglyphics. Turns out my teacher can read hieroglyphics. FML
Today, in algebra, I took out my notebook. My Chinese teacher was so impressed with my "Chinese" writings on the cover that I'm now her "favorite student". Those "Chinese" symbols are actually Japanese, but I wanted someone to like me so badly that I didn't correct her. FML
Today, I finished a big art project. It was a self-portrait done in acrylics. Proud of my piece, I showed my mom. After some thought her first comment was, "well, I'm either going to insult your art or your face." FML
Today, I found out my teacher writes descriptions next to people's names on the register to remind him who people were. By mistake the descriptions appeared on the computer projector. Next to my name it said "Tubby". FML
Today, my toddler proudly presented me a "beautiful drawing" he'd made... on my freshly painted living room wall. When I started to scold him, he said, "But I made it for YOU, Mommy!" Now I feel guilty for being mad at Picasso Jr, and having to paint over it. FML
Today, one of my paintings was accepted into a local art gallery. It would've been a dream come true, had my "best friend" not submitted it under her own name and taken all the credit. FML
Today, in art class, everybody was showing the paintings that we have been working on for weeks. Everyone was cheering and clapping. When mine came up, nobody clapped. FML
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abzray123 7
Leave an Anonymous note?
LoveOrHate7 9
that's really messed up but I don't think I'd have it in me to break it to him either.
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Comments (112)
darlingdollie 24
That's just sad. I feel you, op. Just break it to him nicely and in confidence! It will be better that way and could possibly save embarrassment in the future :)
liuliuliu 10
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I'm a Chinese maybe I can read it too.hahaha
tj4234 36
Probanly not. As you will well be aware there are many different Chinese languages (for a start), however Japanese is one of the few languages in the world to have evolved with minimal influence from the surrounding languages. The exception being its written system, which is based off of Chinese writing. Basically what i'm saying is, you might recognise the characters but your ability to speak (a) Chinese language(s) will not help you.
jerryj 27
Thanks for that. Anyone else wanna share their two cents?
askullnamedbilly 33
The Japanese language did NOT evolve without being influenced by other languages, they use the entire Chinese Kanji system for heaven's sake. So yes, a Chinese person could be capable of reading and understanding two simple, common words on a canvas. They would not pronounce them the same way, but the meaning shouldn't escape them.
Qiuakii 3
34 is correct. The Kanji system uses Chinese characters and a lot of the characters mean the same thing while others tend to carry a similar meaning. For example, 'Mimi' 耳 means ear in Japanese 'Er' 耳 also means ear in Chinese The pronunciation is different but the meaning it carries and the character is the same.
Andriaia 13
I speak both Japanese and Chinese, and what the others are saying is correct. You can definitely understand the meaning, even if you don't pronounce it the same way.
austin101123 3
For those downvoting, Kanji in Japanese is taken from Chinese, so it's not too farfetched/racist.
ChristianH39 30
This is probably the most educational string of comments I've ever seen on an FML
weveallbeenthere 30
Don't say anything if you value your grade.
Sangue0608 26
so you just enjoy being an ass I take it?
ChristianH39 30
I would think saying something would actually help OPs grade, I know I for one would appreciate it if someone pointed that out to me, if I were OPs teacher
Voij 16
Just as an FYI for anyone who now got the idea to try the same thing as the teacher did: Most western names cannot be written in japanese. While things like e.g. Obama work, because there was actually a faction in the Sengoku Jidai that was called Obama, something like "Barack" would be written the way that they pronounce it: Baraku. I'm not even sure how they would pronounce something like "Christine" or "Michael".
justagimmick 8
While this is true for hirigana and kanji, you can actually have a foreign name written in katakana, as many western words are written in katakana instead of using romanized text. So you can have 'Christine' (for example) broken down into the syllables to give クリスチネ(ku-ri-su-ti-ne) (thats the jist, anyway. My Japanese is rusty as hell)
tj4234 36
To be fair, most names cannot be truly translated into any language. Languages don't develop as parallel to one another. For example, the name norman (etymology - norse for 'man of the north') is translated into gaelic (using gaelic here because i speak it) as Tormaid. Tormaid means 'tower man'. It's an accepted equivalent rather than a literal translation. Also, if anyone is wondering, Tormaid is pronounced as tor uh mitch.
siniclehamster 16
I was going to say something here... but never mind. EDIT.
binarycow 1
16 - Michael is "maikeru" (at least when I tried to figure it out as a kid)
austin101123 3
wouldn't it be to(small)I instead of chi? I'm pretty sure you can make the ti sound
suckceed 17
You should tell him in private, it's not nice to let him carry on parading something that is wrong.
Sangue0608 26
or potentially embarrassing for that matter..
stanley15 12
I don't think I would mention it. Remember he has the power to fail you.
cryssycakesx3 23
it's not like OP made the art and called him "old idiot"
Sangue0608 26
Regardless I would let him know. Maybe not in front of the class bit it private after class. You know what they say, those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility.
Uglyfeet 23
Strange thing, since Japanese aren't usually associated with the stereotype of being such trolls... anyway, let him now the true meaning of the paint in a creative, perhaps anonymous manner. He deserves to know :/
jazzmin1997 16
Haha I wouldn't be able to hold in my laughter if I were you ^^
thief1434 23
Ossan Baka? Something like that?